Used effectively and selectively, instructional technology can enhance teaching and learning.
Instructional technology is much more than Blackboard, and much more than learning the button-pushing for any tool. It's about enhancing teaching and learning.
ATDI offers pedagogical and how-to assistance for enhancing face-to-face and distance education using several types of instructional technologies such as:
- Incorporating multimedia into teaching and learning.
- Web 2.0 tools like Dropbox for cloud storage, and Jing for screen-capturing.
- Taking advantage of mobile technologies like smartphones, tablets, and e-readers.
- Lecture capture (Kaltura) and conferencing tools (Blackboard Collaborate, WebEx, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business).
- Taking advantage of open education resources on the Internet such as Merlot.
- Presentation software such as PowerPoint.
Tools and Applications
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- Creating a Narrated PowerPoint (PDF)
- Creating Audience Focused Presentations (PDF)
- Strategies for Using PowerPoint in the Classroom (PDF)
- Principles of Multimedia Learning (PDF)
- Using PowerPoint for Academic Posters from Dr. Fran Altvater (PDF)
Quick Videos
- PowerPoint: Compress Files for Blackboard
- Narrating PowerPoint Lectures
- Using Visual Design to Engage Students, PowerPoint Circle featuring Natacha Poggio, 2008 (Video)
- PowerPoint: Editing the Slide Master
- PowerPoint: Bootcamp & Design a Banner
- Sharing PowerPoint on Two Screens
- Using Visual Design to Engage Students (PowerPoint Circle)
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- UH Data Storage Solutions (PDF)
- What is the Cloud? (PDF)
- One Drive for Business (PDF)
- Dropbox (PDF)
- Website: An Overview of Google Docs
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